This is an analysis of the poem Ode To Della Crusca that begins with:

ENLIGHTEN'D Patron of the sacred Lyre?
Whose ever-varying, ever-witching song... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXdXebfghdijicbXXX aXXekikhjidldaibiakgmgXnchXncdmdXchbdbXhgmmXajjdgbeibiflcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,58,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001000101 11010010101 1000101 010101 1101010101 0101011101 111101 110101 0101010101 10100010101 011101 110101 11010011101 110010101001 101101 0101001 1101111111 0101010101 110101 101111100 1111010101 1100011011 110101 011100 110100101001 1001000101 110101 010101 11010100111 1101010101 010001 100101 10011111101 0101010111 1000001 110001 1101000111 1101010101 1111001 000101 1011010101 11001011101 1000101 111001 1001010101 0001010111 101101 110101 0011011001 1101000101 111111 110011 111101010110 1101010101 010101 101101 0101010101 11100010101 1101010 011101 0101010001 1011011111 111101 110101 1001011101 0101000101 110101 110101 1111000101 0100010101 111111 101101 1101010101 0011000101 010101 110101 01100010001 0111011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1362
  • Average number of words per stanza: 241
  • Amount of lines: 78
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, and, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words or, and, the are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Ode To Della Crusca;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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